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Aleja róz and 1950s architecture
Nowa Huta was started in 1949 as a separate town near Kraków. It was planned as a huge centre of heavy industry. The town was to become an ideal town for the communist authorities and was to be populated with industry workers mostly. In 1951 it was joined with Kraków as a separate district and the following year tramway communication was started.
On July 22, 1954 the Lenin Steel Works were opened and in less than 20 years the factory became the biggest steel mill in Poland. In the 1960s the city grew rapidly. The monumental architecture of the Central Square (Plac Centralny) was surrounded by huge blocks of flats. In the 1970s the steel production reached 7 millions tonnes of steel yearly. At the same time the biggest tobacco factory in Poland was opened and a huge cementIn the general sense, a cement is any material with adhesive properties. The term cement is also commonly used to refer more specifically to powdered materials which develop strong adhesive qualities when combined with water. These materials are more prop factory.
The reasons for building such an industrial town near Kraków were mostly ideologicalThis article is about communism as a form of society, as an ideology advocating that form of society, and as a popular movement. For issues regarding the organization of the communist movement, see the Communist party article. For issues regarding one-par and were against laws of economy (both the coal and iron ore had to be transported from SilesiaPlease be advised that the factual accuracy of Wikipedia articles dealing with topics related to the Oder-Neisse Line is often disputed. Silesia ( Polish Slask German Schlesien Czech Slezsko is a historical region in central Europe. Most of it is now with, and the products were shipped to other parts of Poland since local demand was relatively small). This became visible in the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends, when the economical crisis halted the city's growth. However, the remaining industry is a constant threat both to historical monuments of the Kraków old town and to city's inhabitants.
Currently the monumental socrealist centre is considered a monument of architecture.